The main elements of the Forum are a 60 meter high hull-shaped glass and steel atrium on the west end of the site and a cluster of block like buildings, housing the theaters, restaurants and shops, along the east end of the site.

National Art Center, Tokyo is a perfect expression of his philosophy of symbiosis.

“One of my intentions with the design was to be fuzzy. Great art and architecture should be fuzzy. If it is easy to understand, it is functional like a factory. People can say, ‘this is the entrance way, this is the exit.’ But this is not art. I wanted to create ambiguity and alittle bit of confusion. This is what makes peoplethink, or takes them into a maze.”

The fuzziness Kurokawa talks about can be seen in the wavy line of the art center’s facade. He has created a melodious surface that is, like waves or hills, harmonious but never repetitive.

Building Area : 12,989sqm

Total Floor Area : 49,846sqm

2 basement floors + 6 floors

It is the largest exhibition space in a single building in Japan. Around 15,900 square meters

It is intended to feature several large exhibitions at once.

The facade itself is 100 percent transparent, but it also completely cuts out the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

Also extended the ironwood floor that is inside the building to the area outside the facade. That makes people feel very ambiguous and wonder whether they are inside or outside.

the real element of genius in this design remains the feature that will have the strongest effect on visitors — the facade. As a perfect expression of the symbiosis of exterior and interior, Kurokawa makes it work in both directions.

From the outside, its naturally undulating surface seems to react to the trees and the wind, while from the inside, it seems to dance around two large inverted concrete cones, which look like petrified tornadoes and are central to the functional requirements of the building.

Floor made from extremely durable Ulin ironwood imported from Borneo, this floor is designed to give the building an aged and even primitive texture that will exist alongside its obvious modernity. This symbiosis of primitive and modern is further developed by the use of wicker furnishings and a bamboo garden in a courtyard on the top floor, contrasting with such hi-tech features as cleaning robots and light-saving motion sensors.

They wanted a restaurant and a cafe in the atrium, so he decided to place them above.

To maximize the floor space below he simply reduced the base of each structure, which created the cone shapes.

The National Art Center, Tokyo will not be a space for archiving works of art, but is a space for exhibiting public open exhibits and travelling exhibits.

The building is made up of seven enormous column-less display rooms, each 2000m², a library, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafe and a museum shop.

The jurying process for these types of exhibitions will begin in the basement, where works will be brought in one by one at the loading area and only the pieces selected will be brought by service elevator to the display blocks.